| 不识泰山 | bù shí Tài Shān | can't recognize Mt Taishan (idiom); fig. not to recognize a famous person | 
| 不 | bù | no; not so / (bound form) not; un- | 
| 识 | shí | to know / knowledge / Taiwan pr. [shi4] | 
| 识 | zhì | to record / to write a footnote | 
| 泰 | Tài | Mt Tai 泰山 in Shandong / abbr. for Thailand | 
| 泰 | tài | safe / peaceful / most / grand | 
| 泰山 | Tài Shān | Mt Tai in Shandong, eastern mountain of the Five Sacred Mountains 五岳 | 
| 泰山 | Tài shān | Tarzan (fictional character reared by apes in the jungle) / Taishan township in New Taipei City 新北市, Taiwan | 
| 山 | Shān | surname Shan | 
| 山 | shān | mountain; hill (CL:座) / (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on |